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Utus
Utus is the ancient Latin name of the Vit River in northern Bulgaria, a Danube tributary in Roman Moesia that marked a position on the Danube frontier.
Vardar
Vardar (Вардар; Greek Axios, Αξιός), major Balkan river, 388 km, rising near Vrutok, North Macedonia, flowing to the Aegean Thermaikos Gulf; second largest Balkan catchment after the Evros.
Vetluga
Vetluga (Ветлуга, Mari: Ener): an 889 km left tributary of the Volga flowing through Kirov, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod oblasts and Mari El, and a 1778-chartered district town of 9,400 people (2005) on its right bank.
Vindelälven
Vindelälven (Vindel River), a 450 km unregulated national river in northern Sweden, free of hydropower dams, a Ramsar site (no. 2181, 66,395 ha, 2013), and core of the UNESCO Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka biosphere reserve (2019).
Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła) is Poland's longest river, 1,022 km from Barania Góra to the Baltic, with a 194,000 km² basin covering 54% of Poland. Historic grain-trade artery to Gdańsk, engineered by the Przekop cross-cut and the 2022 Vistula Spit ditch, now hit by salinity, sand extraction, and 2025 record-low levels.
Vltava
Vltava (Moldau), the longest river in the Czech Republic at 430.2 km, flows from Šumava to join the Elbe at Mělník; 28,090 km² basin, Vltava Cascade dams, historic floods of 1784 and 2002, and Smetana's 1874 symphonic poem.
Volga (Волга)
Volga (Волга), Europe's largest river: 3,660 km from the Valdai Hills to the Caspian Sea, basin 1,380,000 km² covering a third of European Russia, regulated by eight reservoirs, with major pollution and 2025 low-water problems.
Vyatka
Vyatka (Вятка; Udmurt Vatka, Tatar Nokrat) is a 1,314 km river in Russia, the largest right tributary of the Kama, flowing through Udmurtia, Kirov Oblast, and Tatarstan into the Kama 17 km below Mamadysh.
Vychegda
The Vychegda (Вычегда, Komi: Ezhva) is a river in northern European Russia and the largest right tributary of the Northern Dvina, flowing 1,130 km west.
Western Bug
Western Bug (Західний Буг, Polish Bug): 772 km river rising in western Ukraine, flowing to the Narew and Vistula basin; 363 km forms the Poland-Ukraine-Belarus border, distinct from the Southern Bug.